Word Meanings - DEVIL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. Sir W. Scott. (more info) 1. The Evil One;

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A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper. Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. Sir W. Scott. (more info) 1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind. being forty days tempted of the devil. Luke iv. 2. That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world. Rev. xii. 9. 2. An evil spirit; a demon. A dumb man possessed with a devil. Matt. ix. 32. 3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. "That devil Glendower." "The devil drunkenness." Shak. Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil John vi. 70. 4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or, ironically, of negation. The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a timepleaser. Shak. The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Pope.

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• GRILLY
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• PEPPERBRAND
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  A pie; baked food. Gen. xl. 17. Shak.
• GRILLE
  A lattice or grating. The grille which formed part of the gate. L. Oliphant.
• PEPPERCORN
  1. A dried berry of the black pepper . 2. Anything insignificant; a particle.
• GRILLADE
  The act of grilling; also, that which is grilled.
• PEPPERING
  Hot; pungent; peppery. Swift.
• GRILL
  1. A gridiron. make grills of to broil their meat. Cotton. 2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.
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• BAKERY
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